Carolina BBQ

After a Saturday morning of volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity site

{quick side note: this was super fun. We measured, cut, and nailed vinyl siding to the walls of a new home. I'm addicted, I think I'll volunteer there regularly. Look them up in your area! It is awesome}

we went to grab some BBQ.

It was Ashley's and my first time, ever.

Genuine EASTERN Carolina pork BBQ, mac and cheese, and potatoes in a bowl of melted butter.

That's how they do down here in the South.

First things first: you have to know the difference between a barbecue and a cookout.

If you're grilling up some steaks, chicken, hamburgers or hotdogs, that's a cookout.

If you invite your friends over for a "BBQ" and there isn't any pork,

you're going to have some very upset people on your hands.

Also, a "pig pickin'" is a bbq where you've got the whole pig up on the grill, split open, and everybody uses tongs to pick off what they want to eat. These are expected at certain occasions.

For example, in the Mormon church, when you come home from your mission, you better have a pig pickin' and invite your neighbors. Or else.

All that fried goodness, oh yeah.